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tens¹

Rhymes with -ɛnz

noun

  1. plural plural of ten

noun

  1. plural, plural only An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100. Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.

    Similar: dozens

  2. plural, plural only, slang A pair of tens.
  3. plural, plural only The period from a year ending in 10 to a year ending in 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s); the teens, the oneties.

TENS²

Rhymes with -ɛnz

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
  2. abbreviation, uncountable Abbreviation of toxic epidermal necrolysis

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Closest in meaning: decade, cardinal, tenner, x, dozens, this, hundred, dozen, decades, hamiltons, hundreds, networks, rte, sawbucks, scores, tenths

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noun plural of 'ten'

Русскийдеся́тки desjátki

noun plural of 'approximately ten'

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@misc{tens_2026,
  title = {tens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tens},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}